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Research article
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Research article |
| 24 Sep 2020
| 24 Sep 2020
Arctic tsunamis threaten coastal landscapes and communities – survey of Karrat Isfjord 2017 tsunami effects in Nuugaatsiaq, western Greenland
Mateusz C. Strzelecki
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geography and Regional Development, University of Wrocław, pl. Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Permafrost Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Marek W. Jaskólski
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geography and Regional Development, University of Wrocław, pl. Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland
Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development,
Environmental Risks in Urban and Regional Development, Weberplatz 1, 01217
Dresden, Germany
Interdisciplinary Centre for Ecological and Revitalizing Urban
Transformation, Gottfried-Kiesow-Platz 1, 02826 Görlitz, Germany
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Short summary
To date, the effects of tsunamis have been mainly reported from tropical and temperate climatic zones. Rare records of polar tsunamis may partly reflect the very low population densities, the short written history, and little coastal geological work focused on the sedimentary record of palaeotsunamis. We report the results of the field survey of post-tsunami damage in the Nuugaatsiaq settlement in Greenland, which on 17 June 2017 was hit by three tsunami waves triggered by a landslide.
To date, the effects of tsunamis have been mainly reported from tropical and temperate climatic...
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